Prefixes
Hyper
What is over, high, excessive?
-emia
Pertaining to blood?
Melan(o)
Black / Dark
AMI
Acute Myocardial Infarction
Asthma
Bronchoconstriction
bi-
What is two?
-megaly
What is Enlargement?
Oste(o)
Bone
CVA
Cerebrovascular Accident
Emphysema
Alveolar Problem
Dys-
What is painful?
-cyte
What is cell?
Pseud(o)
False
mmHg
Ischemic CVA
Clot in Brain causing a stroke.
a-
What is without?
ectomy
What is surgical removal of?
Capn(o)
Carbon Dioxide
RLQ
Right Lower Quadrant
Clonic Phase
Shaking phase of a seizure
ispi-
What is same?
-emesis
Foramen
Opening
PEEP
Positive End Expiratory Pressure
CHF
Enlargement of the Left ventricle causing back up in the lungs.